PSVR2 will not embrace any backwards compatibility help with PSVR titles, that means these video games can’t be performed on the brand new digital actuality headset, Sony has confirmed. Speaking within the newest episode of the Official PlayStation Podcast, SVP of platform expertise Hideaki Nishino says it is because “PSVR2 is designed to ship a really next-generation VR expertise”, citing new options just like the Sense controllers and inside-out monitoring.

When all of those new options are put collectively, “this implies growing video games for PSVR2 requires a complete totally different strategy to unique PSVR,” Nishino explains. With backwards compatibility now off the desk, the one means for PSVR classics like Astro Bot Rescue Mission and Beat Saber to turn out to be playable on PSVR2 now could be by means of new, up to date variations — for instance, by means of free patches or as a wholly new SKU.

Sony launched a free adaptor on the launch of the PS5 to permit PSVR headset wearers to make use of the system on its new machine, however the video games weren’t upgraded in any means.

With PSVR2 now slated to launch subsequent yr, a current press blowout revealed new Horizon Call of the Mountain gameplay and a few very optimistic impressions for the next-gen headset usually. You can be taught way more in our PSVR2 information.

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